Sound (Acoustics) Resources
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LESSON PLANS
Observing Sound Waves
Students will conduct an experiment that will allow them to see sound waves in action.SubjectsSciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
LESSON PLANS
Can Sound Travel Through Things?
Through simple experimentation, students will learn how sound waves function and travel.SubjectsSciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
WORKSHEETS
Loud and Soft Sounds
Try a printable science activity that focuses on loud and soft sounds.Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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Use Your Ears
Try a printable science activity that focuses on sounds -- pleasant and unpleasant.Subjects:ScienceSound (Acoustics)Science Activities and Experiments -
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Activity: Kinds of Waves?
This printable challenges students to identify transfers of energy by transverse and longitudinal waves.Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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High and Low Sounds
Try a printable science activity that focuses on comparing sounds.Subjects:ScienceSound (Acoustics)Science Activities and Experiments -
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High Sounds & Low Sounds
Try a printable science activity that focuses on high and low sounds.Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
KWL Chart - Sound, Heat, and Light
Introduce your students to a KWL chart that is a graphic organizer for recording what students Know, Want to know, and…Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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Activity: Doppler Effect
Review the Doppler effect with this printable. Students will use the graph in this worksheet to answer questions about…Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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Music to the Ears!
Try a printable science activity that focuses on classifying pleasant and unpleasant sounds.Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
VIDEOS
Vibrations and Sound
Introduce young kids to the physics of sound. Watch this video to learn how objects and animals make sounds with…Subjects:ScienceSound (Acoustics) -
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Listen!
Try a printable science activity that focuses on high and low pitches.Subjects:Sound (Acoustics)PhysicsScience -
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Exploring Sound
Try a printable science activity that focuses on experimenting with sounds.Subjects:Sound (Acoustics)PhysicsScience -
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Explore Activity: Sounds Around Us
Children draw pictures of sounds heard in and out of the classroom.Subjects:Sound (Acoustics)PhysicsScience -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Is it Loud or Soft?
Students cut out action pictures and use the graphic organizer to classify the action as loud or soft. This printable is…Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Activity: Speed of Sound and Temperature
In this printable, students will use the data provided in a table to graph the speed of sound in air at various…Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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Activity: Speed of Sound and Echoes
This printable connects math and science with word problems about the speed of sound in various materials.Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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Activity: Musical Instruments
Connect music and physical science with this identification and classification activity. Students will use their…Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
ACTIVITIES
The Sound of Silence
Students determine which types of mediums make the most effective ear protectors. Tests students' understanding of sound…Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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Light and Sound: Vocabulary
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to light and sound.Subjects:Light and ColorVocabularySound (Acoustics) -
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Sound, Heat, and Light: Vocabulary 2
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to sound, heat, and light.Subjects:Sound (Acoustics)VocabularyLight and Color -
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Science and Music: Rubber Band Music
Students build a rubber-band box in order to make music.Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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Sound, Light, and Heat: Family Activity 1
Suggest a family activity to parents that provides a series of take-home activities and vocabulary words on the topics…Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics) -
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What Are Frequency and Pitch?
Students will use the diagrams of different sound waves in this printable to answer questions about frequency and pitch.…Subjects:SciencePhysicsSound (Acoustics)
